Category: Lansing Marathon Training

Am I the only one who really doesn't give a crap about the Super Bowl? Maybe it's cause I wasn't invited anywhere to watch it, so I'm bitter? Nope, I think it's just cause I don't really care about it. I will confess, I have it on, while I blog, do my taxes and a …

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Today's 20 miler was one of those runs where everything just feels right. Where you are thankful to be alive. Thankful for the gorgeous weather (30 degrees, no wind, clear streets, gorgeous frost on all the tree branches). Thankful just to be running. Ended up with 20.25 miles in 2:54:16 (8:37 pace). But I stopped …

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This was the best day in a long time. Not one particular thing made it so great. It's more that a combination of things just came together and made it a great day. I feel like balance has been restored in my life (for today at least!). Last week was so UNBALANCED with my …

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I guess I'm officially making this a cut back week. I was supposed to do 18 miles today. I decided to try it on my own, rather than with the group because I knew I needed extra sleep and shouldn't get up early for the group run. Ended up sleeping in until 7:30 (so 9 …

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Life was crazy busy, so I never posted week #4 of Lansing Training, which was last week. Not that any of you even care. 🙂 But I like having records of things so I can go back and see what went right/wrong/etc. In general, week #4 seemed like a step backwards to me. Gone …

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I got 9 hours and 45 minutes of sleep last night! Woot! I needed that. I usually get 6 1/2 hours of sleep a night, but this week has been 4 - 5 a night and those are fitful hours. I woke up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the 1001 things on my to-do …